Despite Karnataka reportedly releasing water to Tamil Nadu in line with the Cauvery Water Management Authority’s order for 5,000 cubic feet per second (cusecs) to be realised at Biligundlu on the inter-State border for 15 days, the measurement of the flow does not reveal any increase in the quantum of water realised.
According to the Authority’s order dated August 29, water shall be released from August 29 to September 12 at the rate of 5,000 cusecs a day, amounting to 6.48 thousand million cubic feet (tmc ft).
On August 30, the flow recorded at Biligundlu was 2,805 cusecs. “It was around 2,500 cusecs on Thursday (August 31),” an official of the Tamil Nadu government said. The flow could increase from Friday night, he said.
